Redpoll

The Redpolls are a group of small passerine birds in the finch family Fringillidae which have characteristic red markings on their heads. They were formerly placed into the genus Acanthis together with the linnets and the twite, but their closest relatives are actually the crossbills, that are placed in the genus Loxia (Arnaiz-Villena et al., 2001). The latter genus could be merged with Carduelis in a single genus, for which the name Loxia would then have priority. But this would imply to change the name of a large number of species, and as their adaptations and biogeography are evolutionarily quite peculiar, it would be better to reinstate Acanthis instead, including only the redpolls. There are several different very closely related (Seutin et al., 1995) forms of redpolls which could be considered as anything from one to five species (Knox, 1988). Recent studies (Herremans, 1990; Sangster et al., 2002) tend to support three species, but this is certainly not definite.
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Noun
1. small siskin-like finch with a red crown
(synonym) Carduelis hornemanni
(hypernym) finch
(member-holonym) Carduelis, genus Carduelis
2. small siskin-like finch with a red crown
(synonym) Carduelis flammea
(hypernym) finch
(member-holonym) Carduelis, genus Carduelis

n. redpoll

(n.)
The common European linnet.
  

(n.)
The American redpoll warbler (Dendroica palmarum).
  

(n.)
Any one of several species of small northern finches of the genus Acanthis (formerly Aegiothus), native of Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or rosy. The male of the most common species (A. linarius) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also redpoll linnet. See Illust. under Linnet.
  

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